Showing posts with label dubious consent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dubious consent. Show all posts

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Revenant (Bucky/Steve)




Revenant by stele3
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1536380?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true
The artwork is taken from the story "Chapter covers by cindyfxx's friend juefeifeifei.tumblr.com!"

Excellent story that covers what would happen if Bucky took Steve with him instead of leaving him by the side of the river. A darker story that includes descriptions for torture, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, dubious consent, and of course kidnapping. Bucky decides that he needs answers and here is a perfect opportunity to get those answers. All Steve can see is that he has Bucky back and everything else takes a backseat unfortunately that includes letting anyone know that he is alive. The writer shows just how scary Steve's need for Bucky can get especially in the one scene where he lets Bucky have sex with him after knocking him around because he does not want to deny him. That is not ever a good reason for sex. The writer has a knack for portraying Bucky's confusion and fear as he gets answers that only raise more questions without making him whiny or pathetic. In addition Bucky tries to be more human for Steve because he is slowly coming to depend too much on him. You have to feel for Bucky in this story because Steve means well but he is giving so many mixed signals that Bucky does not know what is going on. Does not excuse what he did but does make him more sympathetic. In the end things work out but it takes a while to get there and I have to admit the reason for Bucky remembering Steve is so outrageous that I can see it happening. Overall excellent story well worth rereading.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Induction (Severus/Harry)



Induction by Shivani
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1925071/1/Induction

I will be honest once I realized where the story was going I was not sure about continuing. But I liked the Shivani's other stories so continued and I am so glad I did. The content is disturbing on many levels and reinforces the idea that I will never undergo hypnosis but this is a great story. Severus Snape is complicated and hard to write but the author does a great job and I have to admit the second to last chapter was hard as hell to read but the author pulls it off. Harry has grown into the wizard he always could be with the help of Severus and in the end they realize that together  is where they want and need to be.